Thousands of Croatians rally against abortion

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AFP Zagreb
Last Updated : May 25 2019 | 7:35 PM IST

Thousands of anti-abortion marchers took to the streets on Saturday in three cities around Croatia, a largely Catholic country where activists say reproductive rights are increasingly under threat.

In Zagreb, police briefly detained around a dozen women's rights protesters who tried to block the annual "March for Life", which drew some 5,000 people to the centre of the capital.

The crowd was full of children with balloons while demonstrators marched with a banner that read: "Let's protect the most endangered minority in Croatia -- unborn children."
Ivana Lozo, a 19-year-old at the rally, told AFP that "abortion should be completely banned."

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First Published: May 25 2019 | 7:35 PM IST

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